Introduction : setting the framework / Roland Dannreuther -- The EU and its changing neighborhood : stabilization, integration, and partnership / Antonio Missiroli -- Strategy with fast-moving targets : East-Central Europe / Pal Dunay -- The EU and Turkey : between geopolitics and social engineering / Gilles Dorronsoro -- South-Eastern Europe : the expanding EU role / Ettore Greco -- Policies towards Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus / Andrei Zagorski -- The northern dimension : a presence and four liabilities? / Hiski Haukkala --- The Caucasus and Central Asia : towards a non-strategy / S. Neil MacFarlane -- North Africa : partnership, exceptionalism, and neglect / Fred Tanner -- The Middle East : towards a substantive European role in the peace process? / Roland Dannreuther -- EU energy security and the periphery / John Gault -- The transatlantic dimension / William C. Wohlforth -- Conclusion : towards a neighborhood strategy? / Roland Dannreuther.